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    DNF--->>Found it!

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    I think changing a dnf to a found is a bad idea. For the following reasons.

     

    1) It doesn't generate a new email to the cache owner to let them know it has been found.

    2) It places the cache history out of order. Imagine you log a dnf, the next person logs a dnf, the next person logs a dnf, you go back and change your dnf to a found. Now the cache is obviously there but it looks like the cache hasn't been found in a while.

    3) It's easier to see the history of a cache by just looking at the happy and sad faces instead of actually going back and reading each log.

     

    george

     

    "No one goes to The Valley of the Dead. That's why it's called The Valley of the Dead."

    DNF--->>Found it!

    in General geocaching topics

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    If I looked and couldn't find it, then I log a DNF.

     

    If I go back and didn't find it again, I log a DNF again.

     

    Each time I go back I log what happened until I find it.

     

    Few exceptions.

     

    A few days ago in the mountains I went for 2 caches that required a 10 mile off road bike ride, I found the first. The second was a multi, found the first part, plugged in the final coords but couldn't find it. Since it was supposed to be easy to find I assumed I plugged in the coords wrong but I didn't have enough energy or daylight left to go back to the first stage..... so I logged a note.

     

    george

     

    "No one goes to The Valley of the Dead. That's why it's called The Valley of the Dead."

    SF Bay Area geocachers

    in West and Southwest

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by Green Achers:

     

    Same problem over here in the big valley. It could be everyone's busy but the approval process didn't help for a while.

     

    Just back from 5 days in mammoth so I'm jumping in late. I've NEVER had a problem with the approval process. I know a bunch of places that could still hold caches in the valley but but if I hide one, people complain. The death of caching in the valley has little to do with the site and more to do with the people in the valley.

     

    george

     

    Wanna go for a ride?

    Magic #100?

    in General geocaching topics

    Posted

    100 is when your find count goes from 2 digit to 3 digits. Also, when picking a milestone number we tend to to pick numbers based on 10's. Find 83 caches tends not to be a milestone number.

     

    george

     

    Wanna go for a ride?

    SF Bay Area geocachers

    in West and Southwest

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by Marky:

     

    Since we are kind of into the whole thing, we are considering buying our own machine which will definitely be more expensive in the short run and possibly more expensive in the long run as well, depending on how many pennies we end up smashing. Still haven't decided on this yet...

     

    --Marky

    "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr"

     

    Well, you could always have the pennie smasher in your front yard so other people could smash their own Marky pennies.... for a small fee.

     

    It could pay for itself.

     

    george

     

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    graveyard hides

    in General geocaching topics

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    They're fine, use common sense. I've found and hidden caches in new, old, deserted and active cemeteries. Some virtual, some traditional, micro, regular, multi's and ofsets. Some people will complain, some people always complain.

     

    george

     

    Wanna go for a ride?

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